ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,756, issued on March 18, was assigned to NYPRO INC..

"Apparatus, system and method for a portable personal air quality monitor" was invented by Edouard Sermanoukian (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Jason Petker (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing a personal air quality monitor. The personal air quality monitor may include a housing suitable for physical association with a person; an air inlet capable of providing air flow from an environment outside the housing to a chamber within the housing; a plurality of sensor resident within the chamber, suitable for receiving the airflo...